JPH05290041A - Method and device for processing frame in document processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve operability in the case that a frame existing in an arbitrary page is moved to the desired position of the desired page by moving the frame displayed on the page of a moving destination to the moving destination in response to the designation of the moving destination in the page of the moving destination. CONSTITUTION:In a document processor which generates a sentence 20 extending over plural pages on the basis of prescribed format, and simultaneously, generates the frame 21 of desired size at a desired position as occasion demands, and further, edits the sentence 20 and the frame 21 as occasion demands, the corresponding frame 21 is displayed at the same position of the page of the moving destination in response to the designation of the frame in the prescribed page and the designation of the page of the moving destination, and the frame 21 displayed on the page of the moving destination is moved to the moving destination 23 in response to the designation of the moving destination in the page of the moving destination. Accordingly, in the case that the frame is moved across the page, there is no need to generate the new frame and delete the former frame, and the operability can be improved.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a frame processing method in a document processing apparatus and its apparatus, and more specifically, to a desired frame among frames displayed in a state of being associated with a sentence extending over a plurality of pages. A method and apparatus for moving a desired page to a desired position.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a document processing apparatus can display a sentence in a predetermined format and can display figures, tables, etc. without being affected by the above format, and can easily create a well-formed document as a whole. Is required. When a document is created using the document processing apparatus having such a function, the text can be displayed in a state of being associated with figures, tables, and the like, and the quality of the document can be significantly improved.

Further, since the document processing device has not only the function of creating a new document but also the function of editing a document that has already been created, the number of sentences increases or decreases as a result of the editing process. Inevitably occurs. Even in such a case, the quality of the document is deteriorated if the graphic and the table related to the sentence cannot be displayed in a state of being associated with each other. Therefore, the frame for displaying the graphic and the table is moved to a desired position. It also has a function. The frame moving function is a function of moving a designated frame to a designated destination by designating a frame to be moved with a cursor or the like and then designating a destination within the same page. Therefore, a desired frame can be moved to a desired position, a graphic and a table related to the sentence can be displayed in association with each other, and the quality of the document can be improved regardless of the presence or absence of the editing process.

[0004]

The frame moving function as described above cannot move the frames between different pages. Therefore, when it is necessary to move the frames between different pages, Create a frame at the desired position on the page to be moved, copy the inside of the original frame inside the newly created frame, or create the same content as the original frame, and then Since a series of processing to delete the frame is required, there are a lot of operations required to move the frame, especially because the newly created frame must be set to the same size as the original frame. As a result, there is an inconvenience that the operability for moving the frame is significantly reduced.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and a document processing apparatus capable of remarkably improving operability when a frame existing in an arbitrary page is moved to a desired position of a desired page. It is an object of the present invention to provide a frame processing method and an apparatus therefor.

[0006]

A frame processing method in a document processing apparatus according to claim 1 for achieving the above object,
In response to designation of a frame within a predetermined page and designation of a destination page, the relevant frame is displayed at the same position on the destination page, and the destination within the destination page is designated. In response to, the frame displayed on the destination page is moved to the destination.

According to another aspect of the document processing apparatus of the present invention, the frame processing apparatus includes a frame designating means for designating a frame (21) in a predetermined page, a destination page designating means for designating a destination page, and a destination page. And a first frame moving means for moving the corresponding frame to the same position on the destination page in response to designation of the frame and destination page. A second frame moving means for moving the frame displayed on the destination page to the destination in response to designation of the destination within the destination page.

[0008]

According to the frame processing method of the document processing apparatus of the present invention, in a state in which a text over a plurality of pages is created based on a predetermined format and a frame of a desired size is created at a desired position, When editing a text or frame as necessary, the corresponding frame is displayed at the same position on the destination page in response to the designation of the frame within the specified page and the destination page being specified. In addition, since the frame displayed on the destination page is moved to the destination in response to the designation of the destination within the destination page, a new method is required when moving the frame across pages. It is not necessary to create a new frame and delete the original frame, the operation required for moving the frame can be reduced, and the operability can be improved.

According to the frame processing apparatus of the document processing apparatus of claim 2, in the state where the text over a plurality of pages is created based on the predetermined format and the frame of the desired size is created at the desired position. When a sentence or frame is edited as necessary, the frame designating unit designates a frame within a predetermined page, and the destination page designating unit designates a destination page. Then, in response to the designation of the frame and the designation of the destination page, the first frame moving means moves the relevant frame to the same position on the destination page. Then, the destination designation means designates the destination within the destination page.
In response to the designation of the destination, the second frame moving means moves the frame within the destination page to the destination. Therefore, even when moving a frame across pages, it is only necessary to specify a frame, a destination page, and a destination within the destination page, and to create a new frame and an original frame. Since it is not necessary to delete, it is possible to reduce the operation required to move the frame across the pages and improve the operability.

[0010]

Embodiments will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings showing embodiments. FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a document processing apparatus to which the frame processing method of the present invention is applied. The CPU 51 includes a main storage device and an arithmetic and control unit, a ROM 52 for storing a document processing program, and a document processing operation. It has an apparatus main body including a RAM 53 serving as an area and various input / output devices connected via an interface 54. As the input / output device, a hard disk 55 storing various data such as sentences, character frames, figure frames, and table frames, a keyboard 56 for inputting various commands for document processing, a tablet 57 with a four-button cursor, processed documents A display 58 for displaying and a printer 59 for printing out a document on paper are provided.

FIG. 1 is a flow chart for explaining an embodiment of the frame processing method of the present invention. It waits until the frame to be moved is specified in step SP1, and the destination page is specified in step SP2. Wait until the destination page is displayed in step SP3, and step SP4
At, the designated frame is displayed at the same position on the destination page. Then, in step SP5, the process waits until the destination in the destination page is specified, in step SP6 the amount of movement of the frame is calculated based on the display position of the frame and the specified destination, and in step SP7, the start and end points of the frame are calculated. Is changed based on the movement amount, and in step SP8, all the frames included in the movement destination page are visually displayed on the display 58 based on the changed start and end points. Of course, in this case, sentences other than the frame, figures to be positioned inside the frame, tables, etc. are also visually displayed, and printed out by the printer 59 as necessary.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 2A, in a state where a plurality of frames 21 are displayed on the corresponding page in a state of being associated with the sentence 20 and the contents of the sentence 20,
For example, when the correspondence of the frame 21 is disturbed by the additional editing of the sentence 20 and the processing in the corresponding page cannot be dealt with (see FIG. 2B), the correspondence is disturbed and the corresponding page cannot be dealt with. Specify frame 21 and this frame 2
The destination page of 1 may be designated. In this case, as shown in FIG. 3, the data stored in the storage area of the hard disk 55 corresponding to the corresponding page is read, the corresponding frame is extracted from the read data, and the corresponding page is selected. Then, the data is added to the data stored in the storage area of the hard disk 55. Then, the frame 21 to be moved is displayed based on the data corresponding to the destination page (FIG. 2C).
reference). After that, the destination 23 of the frame 21 may be designated in the destination page, and the start and end points of the corresponding frame are changed by the amount of movement determined based on the end point of the frame 21 and the destination 23. Therefore, after that, it suffices to visually display the document based on the changed data, and as shown in FIG. 2D, the document is associated with the sentence 20 'of the edited destination page. The frame 21 to be displayed can be displayed.

As is clear from the above description, the sentence 20
Even if there is a frame 21 that must be moved across pages due to the editing of, in the state where the frame 21 is displayed on the destination page by designating this frame 21 and the destination page. All you have to do is specify the destination 23.
It is possible to reliably prevent the creation of a frame and the deletion of the original frame, which were conventionally required for moving the frame, and to achieve good operability.

[0014]

[Embodiment 2] FIG. 4 is a flow chart for explaining another embodiment of the frame processing method of the present invention. Waiting until an area including a plurality of frames to be moved in step SP1 is designated, and then step SP2. In step SP3, the destination page is displayed, the destination page is displayed in step SP3, all the frames whose start and end points are included in the area are extracted in step SP4, and all the extracted frames are moved in step SP5. Display in the same place on the previous page. Then, in step SP6, the process waits until the destination in the destination page is designated, and in step SP7, the amount of movement of the frame is calculated based on the position of the area and the designated destination,
In step SP8, the start and end points of the frame are changed based on the moving amount, and in step SP9, all the frames included in the destination page are displayed based on the changed start and end points.
Visually indicated by 8. Of course, in this case, sentences other than the frame, figures to be positioned inside the frame, tables, etc. are also visually displayed, and printed out by the printer 59 as necessary.

Therefore, in the case of this embodiment, when there are a plurality of frames 21 to be moved across pages,
By designating an area, a plurality of frames 21 can be designated collectively, and these frames 21 can be collectively moved to a desired position on the movement target page, so that operability can be further enhanced. In the case where this method is adopted, if the moving amount of each frame 21 is different, it is necessary to specify the area and the moving destination for each frame 21, which simplifies the operation as compared with the embodiment of FIG. Although it is not possible, in the document processing device,
Generally, when a text is edited, if the existing range of the frame 21 is virtually divided with the corresponding editing location as a boundary, the movement processing of the same movement amount for all the frames 21 belonging to one division is performed. Since it is only necessary to perform the above, it is highly likely that the movement amounts of the plurality of frames 21 will be the same even when it is necessary to move across the pages. By applying this embodiment, it is possible to move the frames 21. The operation amount can be greatly reduced.

[0016]

[Embodiment 3] FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a frame processing apparatus of the present invention. A frame holding unit 1 for holding a frame 21 designated by a keyboard 56 or a tablet 57 with a 4-button cursor as a movement source. A destination page holding unit 2 that holds the destination page designated as the destination page, and a destination holding unit 3 that holds the point 23 designated as the destination in the destination page. A frame data holding unit 4 that holds data (including a frame address) that defines a frame 21 that forms a document, and corresponding frame data is set as a move destination page based on the specified frame 21 and move destination page. A frame data addition unit 5 to be added to the corresponding frame data, a movement amount calculation unit 6 that calculates a movement amount within the destination page based on the designated frame 21 and destination 23, and the designated frame 2
A frame address changing unit 7 that changes the address of 1 based on the calculated movement amount, and a visual display on the display 58 or a printer 59 based on the contents of the text data holding unit and the contents of the frame data holding unit 4 not shown. It also includes a display control unit 8 for performing printout.

The operation of the frame processing device having the above configuration is as follows. As a result of performing the editing process on the text data held in the document data holding unit, if the correspondence between the text and the frame is disturbed across pages, the frame 2 in which the correspondence is disturbed
It is only necessary to specify 1 and the destination page of the frame 21, and since the corresponding frame data is added to the frame data corresponding to the destination page by the frame data addition unit 5, the frame data holding unit 4 Based on the frame data corresponding to the destination page, the frame 21 can be displayed on the destination page at the same position as the original page.

Then, when the frame is displayed on the destination page, the destination 23 of the corresponding frame 21 may be designated.
Since the movement amount calculation unit 6 calculates the movement amount and the frame address changing unit 7 changes the frame address, the frame 21 is moved to the desired position on the desired page by displaying based on the changed frame address. be able to.

[0019]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, when moving a frame across pages, it is not necessary to create a new frame and delete the original frame, and the operation required for moving the frame is eliminated. It is possible to reduce the noise and improve the operability. Also in the invention of claim 2, when moving a frame across pages, it is not necessary to create a new frame and delete the original frame, the operation required for moving the frame can be reduced, and the operability can be improved. There is a unique effect.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of a frame processing method of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating frame processing based on the flowchart of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram schematically showing a storage state of frame data.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating another embodiment of the frame processing method of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating an embodiment of the frame processing device of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a document processing apparatus to which the frame processing method of the present invention is applied.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 frame holding unit 2 moving destination page holding unit 3 moving destination holding unit 5 frame data adding unit 6 moving amount calculating unit 7 frame address changing unit 20 text 21 frame 23 moving destination

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A text (20) extending over a plurality of pages is created based on a predetermined format, a frame (21) of a desired size is created at a desired position as needed, and the text (20) is created as necessary. 20), in the document processing apparatus for editing the frame (21), in response to the designation of the frame (21) within a predetermined page and the designation of the destination page, the corresponding frame (21) is opened. The frame (21) displayed on the same position on the destination page and moved to the destination (23) in response to the designation of the destination (23) within the destination page is displayed. A frame processing method in a document processing apparatus, comprising: 2. A text (20) extending over a plurality of pages is created based on a predetermined format, a frame (21) of a desired size is created at a desired position as needed, and the text (20) is further created as necessary. 20), in a document processing device for editing a frame (21), a frame designating unit (1) for designating a frame (21) within a predetermined page and a destination page designating unit (2) for designating a destination page. And the destination in the destination page (23)
In response to the designation of the frame (21) and the designation of the destination page, the destination designation means (3) for designating the relevant frame (21) is moved to the same position of the destination page. A first frame moving means (5), and moving the frame (21) displayed on the destination page to the destination (23) in response to designation of the destination (23) in the destination page. Two
A frame processing device in a document processing device, comprising frame moving means (6) and (7).